Mcusta Take blade play

[Brutus013]

I've had my Mcusta Take (damascus handle) for a few months now, and I've always been annoyed by a small amount of blade play it has. If I tighten the pivot enough to eliminate it, the blade is much to difficult to use, but if I loosen it to a comfortable level, there's bladeplay. Not noticeable in use, but it still bugs me, and I'm wondering if it's normal for an Mcusta, especially one this expensive, to have bladeplay.

 

[Steel Dragon]

Really i don't think that is normal for a Mcusta.
I have a NIB Mcusta Tactility with cocobolo handles & it's super smooth.I didn't have to adjust anything.

Take yours apart maybe & see if there are any burrs are on the blade,washers or where it rotates.Otherwise send it back?At the price they cost it better be smooth!
It bothers me bad if a knife has blade play &/or if it doesn't open smooth.

 

[Brutus013]

It opens plenty smooth, but there is slight play. I've already sent it in after it was dropped by someone handling it (scratched up the handle and misaligned a spacer in the bottom of the handle), and when it was sent back the scratches were mostly taken care of but there was the same small amount of play.

 

[arty]

I was thinking of getting a Take, but this makes me wonder.
How long is the handle and where is a service facility? The Take with Cocobolo is a pretty knife, but not if the quality is not there.
I wondered about the durability of teflon washers in a knife.